Ducati Monster Forum

ok, finally pulled the visa trigger.

Ordered are...

Pazzo shorty levers -black with red adjusters

Roads Italia Exhausts. Specials, full CF with CF ends.
(http://lnx.roadsitalia.com/admin/uploads/GRANDE_1_12_3.jpg)
here's an SV650 with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmEAbnX2f2o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmEAbnX2f2o)

BMC Air Filter.
(http://www.bmcairfilters.com/cgi-bin/Images/Product/452_08.JPG)

Two Brothers Juice Box
(http://www.twobros.com/images/008-x_juice_box_web.jpg)

Shin Yo Ferrara mirrors
(http://shop.blackforestquad.de/img/produkte/pw_301727.jpg)
not sure if they have bar end adapters or not, so may need to get those later when the mirrors arrive

already removed charcoal canister

already have:
DP Touring seat
white rim tape
R&G Tidy Tail
euro shroud for charcoal canister removal

painted:
Headlight frame black
exhaust hangers black
front exhaust shield black

How did you take the headlight out? ;D

it's a process. but here's the short
unhook the gauge cluster and take it off (pretty certain you need to do this, but i didnt try it without doing it)
there are two nuts at the lower triple holding the light. take those off
slide the light up off the upper triple rubber mounts. don't go to far.
unhook the connectors for the headlight and turnsignals
take off the light.
take all the part off the frame
paint or powdercoat
put it back together.

Thanks ill try that later this morning..

Nice!  [thumbsup]  I will be interested to hear about the Juice Box.  Does the BMC filter allow more air flow?

same type of filter as the K&N that comes with the termi kits

Any concern about the fueling mixture with more O2?

that's what the juice box from two brothers is gonna fix.

I'm interested in the Juice Box as well. Keep me informed

i will get as much information and feedback as possible for you all

Raux, any reason you're going with the BMC filter versus the K&N?

$$$

I just did a quick Google search. They are within ~$10 of each other. Not bad.

i got the BMC much cheaper in europe.

Shin Yo mirrors arrived. VERY nice quality. but did not have the bar end adaptors so off to the store for another part before they go on. maybe i'll find the mirror hole plugs at the same time.

just curious why you went with the shin yo over the rizoma reverse retro? they look to be the same mirrors to me...

price

honestly, i went low cost on almost every mod other than the two brothers (which was added because i went with a highflow air filter)

low cost aesthetics allowed me to get the fuel controller.

edit: except for the R&G tidy tail which was 50 more plus shipping than the CW tail.

Too bad you don't have Lowes Hardware over there, they sell some perfect sized plugs for the mirror bolt holes.

i know i know. i should have gotten them before leaving the states. anyone wanna help a guy out  ???

Dude I'll mail ya some. Got an APO/FPO address? Tell me what to get and I'll do it. I wouldn't put too much into that Roads Italia video. Comparing an SV and 696 is sketchy enough, let alone a 2-1 vs. 2-1-2. I'll post a video as soon as someone tells me how to do it. I have an HD cam but no idea on how to make an internet ready video. You GOTTA hear these pipes!!!!!!

You don't need to go all out with HD but it would help. In a pinch if you have a plain jane digital camera with a video feature, film it and then upload it to your computer. After that, make a Youtube account and upload it to there. Voila!

Isn't there some kind of video conversion involved?

I'll send some out Raux PM me.

Nope. YouTube accepts different formats. I've uploaded vids from a Sony camera as well as a cheap kodak digital camera without any kind of conversion. It went from camera to computer to YouTube.

Cool! I'll try tomorrow! This may be unclear, but what is the file type extension I am looking for? When I export native video from my camera there are several different file types.

ok damn.

took the morning off due to workers here but had chance to work on the bike.

ever do one thing that affects another negatively but alone they work fine.

well the pipes i got are too long to work with the R&G Tidy Tail. well not really it's just that the local 'bike' plates are as wide as normal car plates, well they are normal car plates. so i can't fit a plate between the pipes.

BUt i started thinking.. the pipes look REALLY cool low. problem is not sure how to 'mount' the exhausts to the to the top of the rearsets. and the real concern is the amount of wheel travel on the rear wheel. will the brake caliper or chain hit the bottom of the pipes. i checked DUcati.com and they say rear wheel travel is 148mm or 5.8 in. guess i'll go check that out. anyone know if that's straight up from the axle line or is that the arc length at the outer part of the rear of the tire or arc length from the axle.


any ideas. it looks really nice. the pipes are parallel to the road.

my options are:

remove short tail go back to long tail (ugh ugly option)
remove pipes go back to stock (but then with the juice box +BMC filter on the way.. this is the least wanted option)
find a way to lower exhausts (complicated and maybe not possible)
find a way to 'shrink' the plate width (hmmmm)
or shorten the exhausts (just thought of that... would look cool too)

I take it your plate has one line on it,  get a bike plate made across two lines, that should fit between the pipes.

Not sure if it is legal though I have seen it in the states - can you hang the plate with the numbers/letters vertical to make room for the pipes?

+1  Just thinking the same thing.  Turn the plate sideways.  [thumbsup]

i'm gonna check with vehicle registration tomorrow.

Those mirrors are VERY nice. Where'd you get them?

i'm over in germany so i had to order them from a local ATV dealer.

they were hard to find though. i'll look for the link again later.